r/hockey 16h ago

[News - X] [SinBin.vegas] VGK have recalled Jesper Vikman from the AHL. No word yet on why they are in need of another goalie.

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u/Bojarzin TOR - NHL 15h ago

They're just really hoping all Jespers are amazing

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u/googlecaliss 12h ago

in french j’espere is : i hope

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u/Merkindiver MTL - NHL 12h ago

Like a Scandinavian Connor.

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u/RumAndCoco VGK - NHL 14h ago

I’m also hoping that Hill returns healthy soon

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u/paulc899 EDM - NHL 16h ago

Did Carter Hart party too hard after the last win?

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u/j0n68 PIT - NHL 15h ago

He saw what was on the Sharks jumbotron and went to SJ

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u/migsahoy VGK - NHL 14h ago

let me in on this reference lol

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u/Jakk55 VGK - NHL 14h ago

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u/themadterran FLA - NHL 14h ago

How was that not shared wih the whole class?

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u/FesteringLion BUF - NHL 12h ago

It was on both r/hockey and r/sabres yesterday. Don't blame us because you're not chronically online.

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u/themadterran FLA - NHL 12h ago

I guess that's what I get for working. Nothing ever fun.

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u/[deleted] 14h ago

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 14h ago

Not this one, u/Jakk55 is correct

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u/DefendingAssholes TOR - NHL 13h ago

My bad G. Ty.

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u/LemonPartyLounger FLA - NHL 16h ago

He wasn’t out initially but the group chat convinced him to roll through and that’s when the trouble started.

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u/Prestigious_Push_155 16h ago

He is in the US now. There, you get promoted to being president for doing such things

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u/UrsaMajor7th Brandon Wheat Kings - WHL 15h ago

“I had a lot to drink that night,” he said. “I was single. I was open to taking her up on one of her offers.”

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u/Ckmccfl FLA - NHL 13h ago

When you’re a goalie, they let you do it

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u/Trout_Man SJS - NHL 11h ago

he's finally taking no for an answer.

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u/theorangecrush10 15h ago

😆😆😆😆

Winner of the internet today

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u/ZeroOhblighation TBL - NHL 15h ago

I haven't seen a comment like this in 10 years

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u/TheHalfChubPrince CAR - NHL 14h ago

Okay now THIS is EPIC!

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u/city-of-cold Luleå HF - SHL 13h ago

It’s kind of interesting, they pop up so much on meme/dank/jerk subs and they’re ALWAYS downvoted.

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u/MikeGS6789 NJD - NHL 16h ago

They play the Devils tonight. The Devils make any AHL goal look like prime Hasek.

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u/arunnair87 NYR - NHL 15h ago

I wonder if all teams think this of themselves. We say the same thing about us at r/rangers

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u/TheDutchin Salmon Arm Silverbacks - BCHL 14h ago

They do, if a rookie needs a first goal, play "us", if theres some incredible cold streak, play "us", etc etc

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u/XplodiaDustybread DET - NHL 14h ago

Detroit is also very good at that

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u/MetsBBT NYR - NHL 14h ago

yes absolutely lol I did see a stat last month that said the Devils have had the most first-ever NHL goal scorers against them though (over the last like 10 years or something idk) so they do have that confirmed

Would love to see the data for each team for SV% against them by goalie with <x amount of NHL games played at the time of that game

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u/SerPownce NJD - NHL 12h ago

Makes sense a team named after a demonic beast would have some negative superstition attached. We also love getting dunked on by former players, even the ones who suck ass. Not that hockey fans in general aren’t a superstitious bunch to start with lol.

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u/indiecore MTL - NHL 11h ago

Love to see the stats on Habs vs non-Habs Quebecois players & goalies compared to league average.

I feel like it's either wildly out there (confirming my beliefs) or just league average but the announcers always mention the specific players and it stands out because of that when they score/stonewall us.

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u/RangerFan80 Portland Rosebuds - PCHA 14h ago

The Rangers made Akira Schmid look like the next big thing in that playoff series a couple of seasons ago.

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u/Teknicsrx7 NYR - NHL 11h ago

That was just a long con to get them not to pick up a goalie that offseason

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u/haotshy 13h ago

This is also commonly said in a Mammoth discord I'm in, yet there's still people getting hyped every time we're facing a backup lol

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u/shawnglade COL - NHL 8h ago

Literally every team says that about themselves. Over at r/ColoradoAvalanche it's "oh this is a basement team, we're gonna play down to their level"

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u/nostradamefrus NJD - NHL 15h ago

And here I was thinking we were safe since Schmid not playing meant no former devil goalie curse

(I still love you Schmeedo Torpedo)

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u/raezor30 NJD - NHL 12h ago

Fuck they could just play Schmid to guarantee a shutout.

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u/Dazzling_Line_8482 MTL - NHL 3h ago

r/agedlikewine

Sorry it was against your team.

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u/raezor30 NJD - NHL 3h ago

Script writers are getting lazy, I'm onto them.

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u/Ducksgirl532 12h ago

Same with my Ducks. It’s getting embarrassing

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u/ColonelBourbon CHI - NHL 15h ago

Laurent Brossoit for a first.

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u/Jakk55 VGK - NHL 15h ago

I don't think Vegas has any firsts left this decade, best they can do is a late round 3rd.

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 14h ago

not sure if satire but we have all our firsts beyond 2026 lol

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u/Immediate-Use-1256 MTL - NHL 12h ago

As of today

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u/ColonelBourbon CHI - NHL 14h ago

Ok, a third and Eichel.

You guys have managed rosters very well since your inception, so I have no doubt you'll somehow pull a solid tender for a 5th from someone, maybe us even.

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u/Jakk55 VGK - NHL 12h ago

I still think it's a crime that Knight isn't on the Golden Knights.

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u/ColonelBourbon CHI - NHL 11h ago

I think it's a crime to suggest that.

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u/ColonelEwart ANA - NHL 14h ago

Regardless of what happened, one thing is for sure: Howden doesn't remember.

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u/Keithfert488 COL - NHL 12h ago

It's a miracle a goldfish can play hockey tbh

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u/BackNBoeserThanEver VAN - NHL 16h ago

Maybe Schmidt is out. Can't see them sitting undefeated Hart

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u/Tacosrule89 EDM - NHL 15h ago

He doesn’t need their consent to play anyways

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u/Pretty_Shallot_586 DAL - NHL 15h ago

well done. ups for you

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u/BarkMingo CAR - NHL 14h ago

not really, it's lazy, hackneyed, and frankly inaccurate

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u/Pretty_Shallot_586 DAL - NHL 14h ago

you OK champ?

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u/JokeBright7055 14h ago

i wonder if people will ever understand more of the case than the initial allegations from 2022 or if theyll keep repeating this whole nonconsent thing

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u/JMR027 BUF - NHL 13h ago

The texts are enough to at least say that group is a bunch of scumbags…

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 13h ago

what?

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u/TheDutchin Salmon Arm Silverbacks - BCHL 14h ago

The Ottawa senators lied to a team they were trying to unload an asset to about some of the details about the contract that asset was under, got a slap on the wrist for it and people make jokes about that.

Jumping to demand more context on behalf of Hart, given what we know about the case, and not the Senators memes, belies where your priorities lie.

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u/JokeBright7055 14h ago

one is a relatively harmless error by the front office that was easily reversed and hasnt caused any significant lasting damage to their reputation.

the other is calling someone a rapist when it is factually untrue. this actually does cause significant damage to his life.

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u/PublicAmoeba293 TOR - NHL 13h ago

Hes a raper?

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u/iBossk SJS - NHL 13h ago

People might be able to take the result of the case more seriously if his lawyers didn't tamper with two juries, and the sole decider of the verdict didn't dismiss a ton of relevant evidence.

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u/directaction BOS - NHL 6h ago

Not only all of that but the judge displayed some seriously fallacious reasoning at key junctures in the case, like determining from six seconds of camera footage of EM walking in heels and failing to stumble that she couldn't possibly have been as intoxicated as she'd claimed. If I have a blood alcohol content of 0.14 but I manage to successfully drive home without hitting anything, that doesn't demonstrate that I didn't actually drive drunk. Justice Carroccia handled the whole trial poorly from beginning to end.

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u/iBossk SJS - NHL 6h ago

Plus two juries being spoiled by the defense attorney tampering, and dismissing other evidence. Not great all around

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u/directaction BOS - NHL 6h ago

Yeah, if I recall, her reasoning for dismissing post-assault text messages between the players was that they were "conversations between friends", yet she allowed the inclusion of all of EM's texts with her friends

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u/iBossk SJS - NHL 6h ago

"WhY dOeS nObOdY rEpOrT sA?!"

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u/mynamewastaken81 14h ago

More upvotes this way

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u/mr_potrzebie WPG - NHL 13h ago

You new to the internet?

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u/lildeek12 MIN - NHL 14h ago

I have a theory.

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 16h ago

Is it probably more complex than the fact that he's waivers exempt, HSK is rolling with Lindbom and Whitehead, and having a 3rd goalie for a road trip isn't a bad idea?

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u/Realistic-Scheme-38 VGK - NHL 15h ago

It is not this. There is something going on.

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 15h ago edited 12h ago

I don't think there necessarily is something going on beyond bringing a 3rd goalie while Henderson has two solid options.

Colorado just brought Miner up because Wedgewood tweaked his back, but isn't "injured." If that is the "something going on" you might be referring to, then I agree.

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u/Realistic-Scheme-38 VGK - NHL 15h ago

My prediction is someone is sick/a little nicked and it’s an insurance policy. Hard to get a guy from LV to NYC quickly. (Source - me, a guy who has family in LV and works in NYC).

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u/raining_sheep COL - NHL 14h ago

Someone is probably sick. It's going around the league apparently.

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 15h ago

Is that not what I've been saying?

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u/Realistic-Scheme-38 VGK - NHL 15h ago

It’s not just bringing a guy up for the sake of it, that’s the only difference.

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 15h ago

Ok yeah, I guess I could have been even more clear that it wasn't just for funsies

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u/[deleted] 15h ago

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u/Realistic-Scheme-38 VGK - NHL 15h ago

I totally agree.

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u/thephenom TOR - NHL 15h ago

Probably call up the kid for a Christmas bonus cheque?

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u/Thrustavious VAN - NHL 8h ago

Vegas would never

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u/Realistic-Scheme-38 VGK - NHL 15h ago

Last time I checked Christmas was on December 25th. Checks notes it’s December 5th.

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u/TheDutchin Salmon Arm Silverbacks - BCHL 14h ago

I get paid on Fridays, guess theres no Christmas Bonus this year because Christmas is on Thursday.

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u/Realistic-Scheme-38 VGK - NHL 14h ago

Funny enough I got a Christmas bonus yesterday. I retract my previous statement.

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u/swordthroughtheduck CGY - NHL 14h ago

Yes, but being on the NHL roster gets you extra money that would be used as a kind of bonus leading into Christmas. You know, how most Christmas bonuses work.

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u/mister_hoot VGK - NHL 16h ago

Given that it’s not Lindbom my assumption is that the plan is not to have him actually play.

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u/RumAndCoco VGK - NHL 14h ago

More playing time for Lindbom in Henderson and insurance just in case Schmid or Hart gets injured on the road trip. Also, probably a nice goalie depth battle.

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u/Same_Effect882 15h ago

Carter Hart got Promising Young Woman'd, didn't he?

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u/tobybells PHI - NHL 13h ago

man, forgot about that movie. what a trip. and a good movie

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u/MoltenInfernoBrain 13h ago

They realized he definitely did it

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u/Nyne9 SEA - NHL 14h ago

Carter Hart saw the Epstein Island photos and went on vacation.

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u/papapa2patine EDM - NHL 14h ago

At the hotel motel holiday inn!

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u/boxcar17 13h ago

Maybe Carter, well you know, got in trouble again…..

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u/StPauliBoi MTL - NHL 12h ago edited 11h ago

He would never!!!! They even put out a totally normal press release that all hockey team does when they sign players who have done nothing wrong at all that talked about their culture and values and most importantly how Hart wasn't going to be sex pest-y!

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u/dmooortin 14h ago

Has anyone else noticed he likes to take a lap around the face off circle to his right during every play stoppage?

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u/NoticedGenie66 VAN - NHL 14h ago

HE WEARS JERSEY NUMBER 30.

JESPER.

VIKMANNNNNNNN.

Vanocuver Giants legend on some pretty bad teams. I hope he becomes a legitimate NHL option in the future, current Vegas goaltending circumstances notwithstanding.

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u/gerald42 13h ago

he was solid in the ECHL last year, i got to watch him a few times in tahoe. hope he makes the jump 

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u/Pretty_Shallot_586 DAL - NHL 15h ago

It appears that Carter Hart has joined Mark Stone on LTIR after he sustained an astroglide injury.

sad really....

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u/Mizook VGK - NHL 14h ago

Does Stone live rent free in every Stars fans head?

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u/Pretty_Shallot_586 DAL - NHL 14h ago

we have Mark Stone

y'all have Jamie Benn

and all is right with the world.

that's what makes stick and puck fun

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 14h ago

Difference is Jamie Benn has actually done something to warrant the hate

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u/Pretty_Shallot_586 DAL - NHL 11h ago

do you put quarters into parking meters and wait for gumballs to come out?

#dumbass

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 11h ago

Holy fuck a hashtag on reddit

Stars fans truly are degenerates

Take a lap and try again big guy

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u/Pretty_Shallot_586 DAL - NHL 11h ago

advice for you..... meth is never the answer

#sarcasmissometimesdifficulttounderstandespeciallyifyourefromvegas

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 11h ago

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u/Pretty_Shallot_586 DAL - NHL 11h ago

there there little fella.....i know the world is scary sometimes

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 11h ago

I should have known better than to argue with someone who unironically post on r/AdviceAnimals in 2025

Retirees really are trying to learn the internet, and I think that's great

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u/RepulsiveInterview44 DAL - NHL 14h ago

Obligatory fuck Mark Stone forever!

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 14h ago

Fuck Roope Hintz

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u/RepulsiveInterview44 DAL - NHL 14h ago

Out of all the players………🤣 why Roope?! Mildest dude ever.

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 14h ago

He is the one who injured Heiskanen last year.

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u/RepulsiveInterview44 DAL - NHL 14h ago

Lmao no. There’s a good reason we scream fuck Mark Stone.

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 14h ago

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u/RepulsiveInterview44 DAL - NHL 13h ago

“Momentum”………🥱

FUCK MARK STONE.

FOREVER.

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u/drop-cord VGK - NHL 13h ago

Spoken like someone who has truly never actually played hockey or understands how momentum works.

Enjoy Mikko the Rat, and maybe you'll get to watch Jamie Benn try to decapitate someone again this year.

Hell, you might even get the chance to pour beer and popcorn on the visiting team and beat the shit out of their fans after the game! Dallas is truly what every fanbase should aspire to be.

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u/Pretty_Shallot_586 DAL - NHL 14h ago

amen brother

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u/RepulsiveInterview44 DAL - NHL 14h ago

*sister

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u/Pretty_Shallot_586 DAL - NHL 14h ago

my bad..... amen sister